IBufferHandler (Net4j Signalling Platform Documentation)

All Known Subinterfaces:

IChannel, IJVMChannel, InternalChannel, IProtocol<INFRA_STRUCTURE>, IProtocol2<INFRA_STRUCTURE>, ISignalProtocol<INFRA_STRUCTURE>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AuthenticatingSignalProtocol, BufferInputStream, Channel, ChannelInputStream, HeartBeatProtocol, HeartBeatProtocol.Server, Protocol, SignalProtocol
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public interface IBufferHandler
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Provides clients with the ability to pass IBuffers in for further buffer handling.

Author:

Eike Stepper

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  void handleBuffer(IBuffer buffer)
  Handles an IBuffer and possibly releases it.

- Method Detail
  - handleBuffer
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void handleBuffer(IBuffer buffer)
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    Handles an IBuffer and possibly releases it.
    The implementor of this method takes over the ownership of the buffer. Care must be taken to properly release the buffer if the ownership is not explicitly passed on to some further party.
    
    Parameters:
    
    buffer - The buffer to be handled.